Karris

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 10 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
10
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Karris by the numbers

Karris was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 16 babies in 2003, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Karris

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Karris. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Karisgrace, favor175 in the US (2017)
  • Karriedear one; a form of Carrie or Kara14 in the US (2017)
  • Kerrisdark-haired; a form of Kerry5 in the US (2017)
  • Karri8 in the US (2017)
  • Karliefree man; a form of Carla or Karl276 in the US (2017)
  • Karlifree man; a form of Carla or Karl135 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Karris

Names that are said the same way as Karris, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Caryslove; a form of caris or cariad34 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Carisgrace or kindness41 in the US (2017)
  • Kharisgrace or kindness; a form of Charis3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Karissgraceful; a form of Carissa7 in the US (2017)
  • Karys13 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Karris

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